IMO, the surround sound in the Dome isn’t very good. The dynamics and bass are awesome of course, but the domed ceiling and circular auditorium shape cause sound reflections that smear the multichannel sound imagery. Surround sound image is not very precise at all. It even causes sounds to come from where they’re not supposed to.
Oh yeah, about the curtains. They closed the curtains for a minute in between the Screenvision slide show and the trailers. Screenvision ended, the screen was blank for a moment, and the curtain lowered.
The curtain raised, the screen was blank for a moment, then the trailers played.
Then after the last trailer the screen was blank for a moment, and the curtains lowered, and the house lights started to come up for a moment. Then, the curtain rose, the screen was blank for a moment, and the THX Cavalcade trailer played, and then the movie.
Its awkward like that.
Raising and lowering the curtains is a really nice touch, but I think its better if if the curtains open and close so that you don’t see a blank screen. The curtains should finish closing just as the last trailer is done. Curtains should open right when the feature starts. House lights shouldn’t come up.
Here’s how I’d do it.
House lights dim.
Theater chain policy trailer starts and curtains open.
THX trailers, Digital Projection trailers, etc.
Coming attraction trailers.
As the last coming attraction trailer is winding down, the curtains close and house lights go off.
Feature starts and curtain opens.
saw Indy there the other day. First time I’ve been there since SW:ep 3 I think. Its still the best of the big first-run movie palaces IMO. I saw Indy opening weekend over at the Dome. Picture and sound quality at the Village was easily superior. The Village still has by far the best surround sound of the big palaces (Village, Dome, Chinese, El Capitan). Surround sound imaging is very precise compared to the other big houses. Although the bass sounded a tad less awesome compared to how I remember it before. Are those Cerwin Vega subwoofers still in there?
I hope we don’t lose this one as a first-run house when the lease comes up in 3 years.
Does anyone know how wide the screen is?
Actually, could someone post screen measurements for those big four palaces? I know on the Arclight website, it says the screen in the Dome is 86 feet wide.
well six hours later I now see Arclight Hollywood preselling Wanted, Love Guru, Happening, and Hancock. Disney has been preselling WALL*E at the El Capitan for some time now.
I think the next film in Graumans auditorium will be Get Smart. Then, three weeks later maybe Hellboy II. Those were the two movie posters that were up in the Forecourt of the Stars, listed as their Next Attraction, when I was there a week ago.
I went to the National a few times in the mid to late ‘90’s. Last time I was there was way back in 2000 I think. I’m pretty sure the surrounds hanging on the wall were Bose back then. Looked like Bose 802’s. Maybe they were upgraded to JBL in the early 2000’s?
I think the last movie I saw there was What Lies Beneath way back in 2000. The interior decor was horrible. The way the ceiling and curtains on the walls were. It was like being in a cave with shower curtains on the walls. Those orange and yellow shower curtains! Yuck! Little metal armrests with no cupholders. Did they ever finally add cupholders to the seats? And those funky looking Bose surround speakers!
Oh yeah, other trailers I remeber seeing at the Chinese yesterday were Journey to the Center of The Earth and a Brad Pitt movie (coming out this fall I think)
Do Paramount and Warner still co-own the Mann theater chain? Paramounts biggest of May – Iron Man and Indy – wound up at the Dome. Warners' new Batman movie will be at the Dome. I guess Mann has new owners now?
yesterday I saw Indy at the Dome and they played The Dark Knight trailer there. Then I went to the Chinese to see The Strangers and the trailers I can remember were Get Smart and Hellboy II. Posters for both of those were in the forecourt of the stars area and listed as their next attractions
Don’t know if its still the same today, but I do know that back in ‘99 the Village had 12 subwoofers. Half of them were JBL and half of them were Cerwin-Vega. The Chinese had 16 subwoofers, all of them JBL. I know that because I asked manntheaters.com in an email and got a reply from their technical director (his name was Levy I think.)
But the Cerwin Vega’s weren’t Sensurrounds then? Do you know if they were horn loaded like the Sensurrounds were?
thx for the info. I guess it was a glitch in movietickets.com. For about the past week or so, when you tried to see what was playing at the Village it would say ‘info unavailable for this theater’ if you chose dates up to the 26th. But, then if you chose the 27th or after it would show you showtimes for Superman. But now shotimes for Lake House are listed.
do you happen to know why the Village is dark this week? Superman Returns opens there next tuesday at 10:00PM, and there are a couple premiers scheduled this week, but there isn’t anything playing there until Superman. Are they upgrading maybe? Seats? Sound?
and does anyone know how many and what kind of subwoofers this theater has? I’ve heard that this theater has or used to use the big Cerwin Vega Sensurround subwoofers from the ‘70’s.
IMO, the surround sound in the Dome isn’t very good. The dynamics and bass are awesome of course, but the domed ceiling and circular auditorium shape cause sound reflections that smear the multichannel sound imagery. Surround sound image is not very precise at all. It even causes sounds to come from where they’re not supposed to.
Oh yeah, about the curtains. They closed the curtains for a minute in between the Screenvision slide show and the trailers. Screenvision ended, the screen was blank for a moment, and the curtain lowered.
The curtain raised, the screen was blank for a moment, then the trailers played.
Then after the last trailer the screen was blank for a moment, and the curtains lowered, and the house lights started to come up for a moment. Then, the curtain rose, the screen was blank for a moment, and the THX Cavalcade trailer played, and then the movie.
Its awkward like that.
Raising and lowering the curtains is a really nice touch, but I think its better if if the curtains open and close so that you don’t see a blank screen. The curtains should finish closing just as the last trailer is done. Curtains should open right when the feature starts. House lights shouldn’t come up.
Here’s how I’d do it.
House lights dim.
Theater chain policy trailer starts and curtains open.
THX trailers, Digital Projection trailers, etc.
Coming attraction trailers.
As the last coming attraction trailer is winding down, the curtains close and house lights go off.
Feature starts and curtain opens.
saw Indy there the other day. First time I’ve been there since SW:ep 3 I think. Its still the best of the big first-run movie palaces IMO. I saw Indy opening weekend over at the Dome. Picture and sound quality at the Village was easily superior. The Village still has by far the best surround sound of the big palaces (Village, Dome, Chinese, El Capitan). Surround sound imaging is very precise compared to the other big houses. Although the bass sounded a tad less awesome compared to how I remember it before. Are those Cerwin Vega subwoofers still in there?
I hope we don’t lose this one as a first-run house when the lease comes up in 3 years.
Does anyone know how wide the screen is?
Actually, could someone post screen measurements for those big four palaces? I know on the Arclight website, it says the screen in the Dome is 86 feet wide.
well six hours later I now see Arclight Hollywood preselling Wanted, Love Guru, Happening, and Hancock. Disney has been preselling WALL*E at the El Capitan for some time now.
I think the next film in Graumans auditorium will be Get Smart. Then, three weeks later maybe Hellboy II. Those were the two movie posters that were up in the Forecourt of the Stars, listed as their Next Attraction, when I was there a week ago.
well I see a couple questions I asked were already answered above.
And I also saw the trailer for the new Angelena Jolie film Wanted.
Tralers I saw
Get Smart
Hellboy II
Journey to Center of The Earth
Wanted
Curious Case of Benjamin Button (a christmas release)
always looked like shower curtains to me, LOL.
I went to the National a few times in the mid to late ‘90’s. Last time I was there was way back in 2000 I think. I’m pretty sure the surrounds hanging on the wall were Bose back then. Looked like Bose 802’s. Maybe they were upgraded to JBL in the early 2000’s?
Anyone have any info on the new construction going on just west of the theater?
I think the last movie I saw there was What Lies Beneath way back in 2000. The interior decor was horrible. The way the ceiling and curtains on the walls were. It was like being in a cave with shower curtains on the walls. Those orange and yellow shower curtains! Yuck! Little metal armrests with no cupholders. Did they ever finally add cupholders to the seats? And those funky looking Bose surround speakers!
Oh yeah, other trailers I remeber seeing at the Chinese yesterday were Journey to the Center of The Earth and a Brad Pitt movie (coming out this fall I think)
Do Paramount and Warner still co-own the Mann theater chain? Paramounts biggest of May – Iron Man and Indy – wound up at the Dome. Warners' new Batman movie will be at the Dome. I guess Mann has new owners now?
yesterday I saw Indy at the Dome and they played The Dark Knight trailer there. Then I went to the Chinese to see The Strangers and the trailers I can remember were Get Smart and Hellboy II. Posters for both of those were in the forecourt of the stars area and listed as their next attractions
Earthquake was another Sensurround movie.
So the Village had or still has Cerwin-Vega subwoofers, but they aren’t the old Sensurround Cerwin-Vega’s. Does anyone have any other info on this?
so that myth isn’t true then?
Don’t know if its still the same today, but I do know that back in ‘99 the Village had 12 subwoofers. Half of them were JBL and half of them were Cerwin-Vega. The Chinese had 16 subwoofers, all of them JBL. I know that because I asked manntheaters.com in an email and got a reply from their technical director (his name was Levy I think.)
But the Cerwin Vega’s weren’t Sensurrounds then? Do you know if they were horn loaded like the Sensurrounds were?
thx for the info. I guess it was a glitch in movietickets.com. For about the past week or so, when you tried to see what was playing at the Village it would say ‘info unavailable for this theater’ if you chose dates up to the 26th. But, then if you chose the 27th or after it would show you showtimes for Superman. But now shotimes for Lake House are listed.
do you happen to know why the Village is dark this week? Superman Returns opens there next tuesday at 10:00PM, and there are a couple premiers scheduled this week, but there isn’t anything playing there until Superman. Are they upgrading maybe? Seats? Sound?
only two? The bass must be awfully thin then.
how many subwoofers does the Ziegfeld have?
how many subwoofers did it have?
anyone know how many subwoofers it has?
how many cinema subwoofers will it have?
how many cinema subwoofers will it have?
does anyone know how many subwoofers the National has?
does anyone know how many subwoofers the Dome has?
does anyone know how many subwoofers the Chinese has?
and does anyone know how many and what kind of subwoofers this theater has? I’ve heard that this theater has or used to use the big Cerwin Vega Sensurround subwoofers from the ‘70’s.